Deuteranopia Definition
do͝otər-ə-nōpē-ə, dyo͝o-
noun
A type of color blindness characterized by the loss of green vision and a distortion of vision in the red-yellow-green part of the spectrum.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- green-blindness
- daltonism
Other Word Forms of Deuteranopia
Noun
Singular:
deuteranopia
Plural:
deuteranopiasOrigin of Deuteranopia
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deuter(o)– Greek anōpiā blindness (an- not a–1) (-ōpiā -opia) so called because green is considered the second of the primary colors
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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